Kynurenic acid in honey from arboreal plants: MS and NMR evidence

Planta Medica

Volumn 73, Issue 15, 2007, Pages 1592-1595

  Beretta, Giangiacomo ^a   Caneva, Enrico ^a   Facino, Roberto Maffei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MILAN   (Italy)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

KYNURENIC ACID;

ALMOND; ANALGESIA; ANTIMICROBIAL ACTIVITY; ARBOREAL SPECIES; ARTICLE; BURN; CHESTNUT; DRUG MECHANISM; EUCALYPTUS; FLOWER; FUNGUS; GLYCYRRHIZA; HERBIVORE; HONEY; LAVENDER; LIME (FRUIT); LONICERA; MASS SPECTROMETRY; MEDICINAL PLANT; NONHUMAN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PARASITE; PLANT; RHODODENDRON; ROSEMARY; STRAWBERRY; SUNFLOWER; TANDEM MASS SPECTROMETRY; THYME; WOUND;

HONEY; HUMANS; KYNURENIC ACID; MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PHYTOTHERAPY;

EID: 38149062823     PISSN: 00320943     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1055/s-2007-993740     Document Type: Article

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